the Unione Siciliana was the equivalent of Chinese Tongs in the italian community
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Was Unione Siciliana national or was it in NYC and maybe spread to a couple of other cities?
In what ways are the two similar?
My impression was that like other of these Italian Societies, mob guys were often in them.maybe started many of them,but they included the other Italians who wanted to join ,and thus could influence these other members in such things as voting,money raising,etc
